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The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-01-27
COMBINATIONS.
The Senate Confirms Large Number of
Appointees.

-
Appointees.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 2.-COnfirmations
Yesterday by the Senate were as follows:
Consuls-John T. Campbell, of CalifOr-
MIA, at Auckland; E. johnson, of New Jer-
scy. at Kehl; I. F. Pettus, Of Mississippi,
at Ningpo; c. r. McCaul, OF Alabama, at
Santos; W. R. Gratchouse, CT Louisiana, at
Tampico.
Recorder OF the General Land Onice-R-
". Rose, of Illinois.
Register OF the Land Officc-G. ". Saw
yer, at Springfield, Mo.
Collector of Customs-C. Mann, at Vicks-
burg, Miss.
Collectors of Internal Revenues. H.
Calhoun. for Nebraska; j. p. McGroty, for
New Mexico.
Deputy Second Auditor of the Treasury
J. Z. Caldwell. of Indiana.
Chief Examiner of the Civil Service Com
mission-W. H. Webster of Connecticut.
Assistant Solicitor of the Treasury-F
A. Reese.
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of
Wyoming-W L. Maginnis.
United States District Attorneys. T.
Carey, for the Northern District of CaliGOr-
MA; W. B. Burnett, for the Southern Dis
trict of Ohio.
Surveyor General of Colorado-Ancy Car
starphen.
Governor or Montana-R. H. Leslie, of
Kentucky.
Postmasters-C. G. Moore. Pleasanton,
Kan: John J. Poston, New Kiowa. Kan. :;
B. l.. Cline, Coldwater, Kan; W. ". Dill,
CimarroR, Kan; L. ". Lee, Ncodesha,
Kan; G. II. Titcomb, Watervllle, Kan. W.
I. E. Rathburn, Weeping Water, Neb.; y.
T. Carroll, Salina, Kan.
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CAPTURED AT LAST.
Judge Scott, the Famous st. Clair Count
Mo-, Dodeer, Finally Captured.

Judge Scott, the Famous st. Clair County,
Mo-, Dodser, Finally Captured.
KAN>As CITY, No, Jan. 22.-Deputy Uni
ted States Marshal John Z. Willis arrived
in this city last night with Judge Thomas
Scott, the fugitive county judge of St. Clair
County. whom he had arrested at his home
in st. Clair County the night before. The
chase after Judge Scott is one of the most
remarkable on record. The distinguished
prisoner is charged with holding in con-
tempt the United States authorities, the Of
fensc consisting of refusal TO obey man
damus issued by the United States Circuit
Court for the Eastern district of Missouri
The circumstances briefly stated are these:
In 1StS st. Clair County voted to the TebO
4 Ncosho Railway Company certain
bonds. The road was never built, but the
bonds were issued and some time afterward
hypothccaIcd In New York. The payment
Oh the bonds was refused by the county
and the innocent purchasers brought suit
and obtained a judgment. Execution was
ordered and mandamus was issued from
the United States Circuit Court ordering
the County Court of st. Clair County to
levy a tax to pay the bonds This mandamus
Judge Scott refused to obey, and immediate
Iy afterward warrant was issued for his
Osceola, the county seat of st. Clair. The
warrant was put in the hands of Deputy
Marshal John B. Willis last June, and ever
since that he has been pursuing the fugitive
Judge. and only captured him finally by
chance.
The entire people of st. Clair County
agreed with the stand taken by their judge,
and the United States Marshal experienced
the utmost difficulty III finding him. let
alone making his arrest. While no organ
lied violence was ever offered to the aUthor-
tiles the whole people of the county were
as nearly organized in aiding the judge as
though they had been a secret band. st.
Clair County is not very thickly populated,
and the topography is rough and hilly. The
chase for Judge Scott lasted over seven
months. and during that time the United
States Mashals We're probably in nearly
every house in ehe county.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-01-27

\ SINGULAR and fatal accident oc-
rurred in Troy, n. Y, the other night.
A police officer was told by restaurant
keeper at No. 1893 River street that he
and his family had been stupefied from
the effects, as he presumed, of fuel gas,
which had entered their apartments.
The gas company's building is near by.
The gas was shut off, and an eXamina-
ton of the houses in the neighborhood
WAS made. In one room of a tenement
house three persons were found dead,
sitting around the room as they had
been conversing when the gas overcame
them. The other families in the neigh
borhood were aroused and ordered by
the police to leave their houses. 4 leak
in the pipes which runs through the
district was probably the cause of the
accident, the gas being odorlesS.
Twenty other persons were more or less
affected in the same locality. The sur
vivors said they experienced drowsi-
ness and sickness at the stomach
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-01-27
A Frenchman's Scheme.

That foe of bachelors, the Partisan
Journalist Henri Fouquier, has just
added a highly original clause to his
programme for the encouragement OF.
wedlock. NJ Fouquier Is prominent
advocate for the taxation of bachelors
But he thinks that this negative in
ducement to holy matrimony ought to
be supplemented by an inducement.
emphatically positive. The father OF a
family, according to NJ. Fouquier's 5
project. is to be allowed an additional
vote, or at least an additional fraction
of vote, for each additional legiti--
mate son or daughter presented to him
by his wife. The State must perish,
according to this lively publicist. un--
less it is firmly grounded upon that
equally necessary and equally divine.
social organism-the family.-M Y
Sun.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-01-27
miscellaneous.

TIE Senate on the 10Th confirmed the fol-
lowing Kansas postmasters: c. G.. Moore,
Pleasanton; John J. Poston. New kioWa
B. L. Cline, Coldwater; ". ". Dill, Cimar-
ron: l. W Lee, Neodesha, and G. H. Tit
comb, Waterville.
PENSIONS were allowed on the 17th to the
following Kansans: Francis r. Pendleburg,
of Solomon City; Squire s. Lowering, of
Washington; Preston Martin, of Winfield
William j. Donovan, of Peabody; George
W Plunzett. of Pleasant Plains: William
J. Hawkins. of Quincy; George W. Turner,
of Belpre; Dewitt e. Weaver, OF Silver
Lake; Freeman P. Bashford, of Concordia;
George W. Johnson, of Manhattan; Edwin
r. Churchill. of Mankato; William II. Har-
ris, of North Cedar; William Gardner, of
Garfield; John II. Hayes, of Stockton
David A Bartlett, of Salem, and George
W. Rosecrans, of Leavenworth.
LATE post-office changes in Kansas:
Established, Colokan, Greeley County, Mrs.
Angie Morgan, postmistress: Mayctta,
Jackson County, William L. Mann, post
master; Ruble, Leavenworth County,
Claude Lucand, postmaster. Name changed,
Gopher, St. John County, to WinOna
TOPEKA coal dealers are boasting Of fur
nishing 1900 pounds Tor a ton.
GOVERNOR MOONLIGHT was feasted and
toasted at Leavenworth on the I'D.
KANSAS has 153 papers.
Two Shawnee County farmers recently
went to Topeka, put up. at hotel and at
night blew out the gas. Not making their
appearance next morning the porter at
tempted to awaken them and failing re
moved the transom and in this way gained
entrance to the room. The smell OF gas
that greeted him was almost sitting. The
two men, who occupied one bed, lay appar-
emily lifeless. Medical assistance was
called and after working ali day the men
were with difficulty restored to conscious
ness. They had close call.
GOVERNOR MOONLIGHT returned to Leav-
enworth from Washington the other morn
ing, after an absence Of nearly tTvO months.
SENATOR PLUME has introduced DILL TO
provide for the holding0f the District Court
of the United States at SalIna.
THE charter OF the Kansas Valley Rail
road Company was filed in the Office of Sec
retary of State, the other day. the object Of
incorporation being the building of a
standard gauge railroad and telegraph line
from point on the east line of the State Of
Kansas, al or near Kansas City. westerly
along the valley of the Kansas and Smoky
Hill rivers. The estimated length Of the
line is 405 miles in the State of Kansas, and
the capital is SO, 100000
CRUMP, the murderer of Eli Wallace, was
recently permitted to plead guilty of man.
slaughter at Topeka, and was sentenced to
ten years in the penitentiary.
PERKINS, bill for the relief Of Mrs Rebec
ca Adams, of Cherokee, has been faYorably
reported 10 the House.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-01-27
PINKERTON'S MEN.
Eitcy Fire Into u Crowd of BOYS and Shoot
One Through the Brain.

One Through the Brain.
JERSEY CITY, \. j., Jan. 2l-At FIVE
o'clock yesterday afternoon, while party
OF boys were playing in an open lot adjoin-
ing the yards Of the Delaware, Lackawanna
d Western Railway Company, a fracas &C.
curred between the boys and Pinkerton's
men. and Thomas Hogan. sixteen years old.
a lOoker-on, was shot and killed by one Of
Pinkerton's men. The boys were jecring
the Pinkerton men, who were stationed IN
the company's yards to protect property.
Occasionally they rained shower of snow
balls and other missiles upon the men. Near
b. a crowd Of strikers and their sympa-
thizers were assembled and lent encourage
ment TO The boys. At length the leader of
the Pinkerton men stepped forward and or
dercd the boys TO stop throwing stones at
them. The boys did not obey. and almost
immediately three sharp cracks of a revol
yer rang out and Hogan fell dead The ex
element was intense, and the loOkers-on
fed in every direction. The leader Of the
strikers, as soon as he could get his men to-
gethcr. ordered them back TO their head
quarters. In anticipation of All attack, the
Pin!lcrtOn men were at once drawn upin bat
tie array. The Jersey City police reserve:
stationed at the yards hurried to the scene
All OiuDuItilNC hStS SuIiilllDlICU ODtN
Of Tie dead boy was taken to the mOrgue.
Hogan was not one of the party of boys
throwing missiles at the men, but stood on
the opposite side of the street. Inspector
Lange Immediately collected a number of
witnesses Of the shooting and marched the
Pinkert0n mon out in line. He then ordered
the witnesses to identify the men who shot.
They at once selected Patrick Sheehy,
Daniel Cahill and Samuel A. Neff from the
line and identified them as the three men
who fred 81 the boys. The inspector eX-
amincd their revolve-s and found every
chamber loaded. The men were taken to
the police headquarters and held. About
nine o'clock last night the police arrested
Murphy Moriarity. one of PinkertOn's men,
as another of the shooters. One of his eyes
was horribly discolOred and swollen. where
he had been struck with a SNOWFALL An
other of Pinkcrton's men had tooth
knocked out. The ball that struck Ho. AN
pierced his brain directly above the right
eye. The strikers gathered i'll force around
the city prison. and. to provide against any
contingency, the four prisoners were taken
out one at q time and unObServed conveyed
to another station. 1t is reported that two
PinkertOn special officers be lrded west
bound express train on the Delaware. Lack
awanna d Western railroad Immediately
after the shooting occurred.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-01-27
nSCEILANEOUl

FIRE at Union Springs, Ala, the other
day destroyed the hotel, post-office and three
stores, causing loss of $4,000.
CHARLES BURKE, of Hunters Point, L. l.,
aged fifty, who was bitten by a dog year
ago, died recently Of hydrophobia-
A VEIN of silver has been discovered in
New Jersey.
AT meeting of district assembly No. 1,
at Philadelphia on the Goth, it was decided
to place boycott on all beer manufactured
at breweries in the city where there was a
strike IN progress.
THE boiler of the tug Theodore Bierly
blew up of Fall River, Mass, recently,
killing the engineer and wounding the
steward.
FIRE in Jerseyville, Ill, recently de
stroyed seven brick buildings and their
contents, causing loss of $4,000 on which
the insurance was $4,000.
The price of iron was advanced on the
18th.
SHANNoN's Bank, Terre Haute, Ind, es-
tsblished in 1899, closed its doors on the
18th. Its liabilities az yregated $4,000 and
its assets $4,000.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-01-27
The Rio Railroad Disaster.

PORTAGE, Wis, Jan. 21.-The jury in the
Wells case returned verdict OF acquittal,
after being out only fifteen minutes. There
was buzz of excitement when the jury
re-cntered the court repm and when the
foreman announced the verdict deafenine
cheer rent the afr, hundreds pressing for
ward to grasp the hand of the man, who
but a few minutes before stood charged
with the awful responsibility Of being the
instrument whereby nineteen human beings
lost their lives on the 2sth of October last
at Rio. The blame for the terrible accident
evidently rests on several persons. but just
who the guilty party is win probably never
5e known.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-01-27
THERE has been a marked demand il

THE RE has been a marked demand in
st. Louis for fancy carriage and coach
horses to 90 to England, and the
prices on such horses have advanced
very materially. The English agent
represents a West London firm, which
makes a business of renting horses by
the season, but never for less than six
months. Blood is not necessary in the
horses wanted. though it is preferred.
but action and style are essential, and
but a small percentage out of 100 Ameri-
can carriage horses comes up to the
English idea. A cross between the
Kentucky and Missouri animal, with
the front build of a trotter instead OF
such strong inclination toward a draft
horse. is what is desirable. The prices
range from $175 to S4OO, an average
of S26O.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-01-27

THE Cherokees are about to test the
power of the Government to grant rights
of way TO railroads through the Indian
Territory without the consent of the
tribe whose reservation is traversed.
They are careful TO say that they do
not question fhe power of the Govern
ment to take lands for its own use.
The right of eminent domain settles
that. But they do claim that the land
can not be taken from the tribe and
given to an individual or a corporation
without the tribal consent. Chief
Bushyhead has employed ex-senator
Joseph Z. Mcdonald, of Indiana, to
represent the tribe, and Mr.. Mcdonald
has associated with him John c. Fay
and Richard Bright. The bill selected
for the contest is that of the Southern
Kansas, under which q road is now
being constructed from Winfield, Kan,
TO Denison, Tex. The decision will be
of great Importance to those interested
in railroad projects through the Indian
Territory.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-01-27
Murder Avenged.

WHITE PLAINS, y. Y, Jan. 21.-William
E. Meade, aged twenty-seven years, was
murdered in cold blood about ten o'clock
last night. being shot through the head
while standing on the stoOp of his fathers
store il this village. Two men were seen
running away from the store immedi-
stcly. Three policemen gave chase and
overlook them. The fugitives then turned
and ran back towards the village, and hid
themselves under large stone bridge
which spans the Bronx river, but being
found they fred several shots att the officers,
and. when about to be taken, shot them
selves, and both are now dead. The mur-
dercd man leaves a wife and child. Nc
motive for the murder can be ascertained
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Hydrophobia.

PITTsBURGH, Pa. Jan. 19.-A nine-year old
daughter Of John Schriever, Of Bloomfield, a
suburb of this city, was found yesterday to
be in the first stages Of hydrophobia- She
was bitten in the leg near the knee by a
stray dog about four weeks ago, but no no
tice was taken Of the matter until about a
week ago when the wound became rum
ming sore and the child was confined TO bed
with fever. Last evening she went into
commissions, bit at the bed clothes and at
every person who came near her. and
showed abhorrence at the sight Of water.
DIR. Gaertner. who is attending her, states
hat the aid has ali the symptoms of the
disease. Her condition this morning is
unchanged.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-01-27

LIEUTENANT SCHwATKA has aban-
doned his Yellowstone Park trip, owing
to illness, and returned to the Mammoth
Hot Springs. The high altitude ;.ld
frosty atmosphere affected his lungs
and he was taken with hemorrhage at
Grand Canyon. Haines, the photog-
rapher, has gone to the Geyser basins
to join the balance of the party, and
will take a series of winter views
Schwatka will remain at Mammoth Hot
Springs until the party gets back.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-01-27

The Queen of Roumania, known in
literature us Carmen SYLVIA" has re-
Gently undertaken to deliver course
of lectures on national literature at
the high school for girls in Bucharest.
Her Majesty has been for some time
accustomed to give lectures privately
in her palace to the young women OF
the leading families of Roumania.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-01-27

One of the greatest enemies of the
salmon and salmon fisheries in Oregon
is the sea lion. 1t is estimated that
half the salmon that come into the
Columbia river in the early part of the
season are captured by these big beasts,
which also damage nets to the amount
of thousands of dollars. Vast numbers
of them cOngregate at Tillamook rock
and at Seal rocks, and it is suggested
that dynamite be used to force them to
seek other localities.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-01-27

THE Chronicle of Charlottesville, Va,
SAYS that ten students from Harvard
and ten from the University of Vir
ginia presented themselves for examina-
ton for the medical staff of the United
States navy, and nine of the ten Har-
ward men failed, while nine of the
other ten passed.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-01-27

IT is reported that Russia has refused
the request of the German ambassador
at st. Petersburg to make an exception
in favor of Germans to the decree COM
pelling foreign owners of Russian
land to become naturalized, or sell out.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-01-27

THE recent Weber centenary brings
to mind the fact that that illustrious
composer received only beggarly re-
muneration for his works. "Sylvana"
only brought him 1852, "Abu Hassan"
1926 and "Preciosa'' $500. For the i'm
mortal "Freischutz" he received $495.
''Euryanthe" paid best, reaching 81, 405,
and 'Oberon" fell to $2,475.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-01-27

ATTENTION was recently drawn in
Berlin to the fact that the French Gov
ernment had been buying large guam
titles of timber in Alsace-LOrraine with
the apparent purpose of building
wooden barracks at various points
along the frontier. The German theory
of the object of the French Govern
ment in this work is that it wishes to
facilitate an invasion of German ter
ritory.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-01-27

PROF. EDWARD HITCHCOCK. of Am
herst College, has given to the Connect
icut Valley Historical Society piece of
the rock from which the soldiers in the
Shay rebellion made their fints one
hundred years ago.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-01-27

$4,000 were spent in eighteen years by
Prof. c. A. Donaldson, of Louisville, KY,
in trying to get rid of rheumatism, but he
found no relief until at last he used st. Ja--
cobs Oil, which speeO ly cured him
Take Red Star Cough Cure for colds. No
opiates TMentY-five cents bottle.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-01-27

POSTMASTER GENERAL Villas is said
to view with disgust those applicants
for office who are largely instrumental
in having post-offices named for him.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-01-27
CURRENT COMMENT.

A STATUE of the first Aztec Emperor
wilt be unveiled in the City of Mexico,
February %.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-01-27
S400 Lost

"Nine years ago Twas sslivated and was underthe'
ioctor's care seven years with mercural rheuma-
ism Every Winter l was confined to my bed from
seven 10 nine weeks and when out Of bed could
aardy walk. took bottle after bottle of medicine
,ut they did me no good Two years ago, by mere
accident began to take Hoods Sarsaparilla and It
lid me SO much good that have continued to take
L. Ihave taken IS bottles in two years. and have
aot been laid up since. did not know what well
lay was until took Hoods Ssrsaparilla" MIS- A.
e. MEAD, S54 Van Buren-st, Brooklyn, N 7.
II will testify that this statement is correct and
would have been 500 in pocket II Mrs. Mead had
taken Hoods sarsaparilla nine years ago" MEAD
the butter man, $50 Grand-st., Brooklyn, n. Y.
N.B.-If you suffer from rheumatism. try the Pc
culiar medicine,
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InvalId.. Hotel and Surgical In.titut

A PAIR of patent feathers and an old coat
shine in society Washington Critic.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-01-27

PENCILS are sometimes lead, but the pen
has to be driven.
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Hardened IINcr

Five wear ago broke down with
.iuucy aud liver complaint and rleu-
iuati-iu.
Since tu,u have been unable 10 bc
about ~ NIL My LAYER became hard
ike wood. my hmu. were Iuitsd up
and uilcu win water.
An She best uhy -icinn- agreed hat
nothing could cure me. resolved 10
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UUtt.e-. the hardness has all gone from
my liver, the swelling from my Limbs,
and 1t ms worked "a miracle IN my
cast: otherwise | would have been
now ia ny grave
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